Ada Lovelace : mathematician and first programmer / Kristi Lew.
Nearly one hundred years before the advent of the computer age, Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, published the first set of instructions intended to extract data from a machine. This accessible, engaging biography will introduce readers to the mathematician who is considered by many to be the world&#...
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New York :
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services,
2018.
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| Series: | Britannica beginner bios.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Who was Ada Lovelace?
- ch. 2. A young mathematician
- ch. 3. Studying machines
- ch. 4. Reason meets imagination
- ch. 5. Remembering Ada.